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foreign policy doesn't tend to be one of the top issues for many voters, even after 9/11, so it won't necessarily help him on the economic front. so i don't know how much it would ultimately yield him, but he's been very tough on president obama on foreign policy, hearing him say, again, something along the lines of what you just plays wouldn't surprise me a bit. >> beth fouhy, thank you so much, and anne kornblut, always a pleasure, and so much so, we'll see you a little bit later this hour, right? >> yes. >> thank you. >>> inking the deal. nfl refs are voted today the result of that vote, on the other side of this break. and a little bit later, the day wall street and capitol hill collided. we'll look back at when the dow took a 700-point dive. that's ahead in our flashback. >>> first, though, with the lead in the polls, can president obama cruise until election day? what might trip up the incumbent, next. this is msnbc, the place for politics. [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than
foreign policy doesn't tend to be one of the top issues for many voters, even after 9/11, so it won't necessarily help him on the economic front. so i don't know how much it would ultimately yield him, but he's been very tough on president obama on foreign policy, hearing him say, again, something along the lines of what you just plays wouldn't surprise me a bit. >> beth fouhy, thank you so much, and anne kornblut, always a pleasure, and so much so, we'll see you a little bit later this...
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he's studying up on foreign policy issues. it is speculated that president obama holds an advantage. but foreign policy has attracted renewed attention in the aftermath of the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >>> joining me now for more front page politics, political columnist for the "washington post" dana millbank and white house editor for politico rachel smolkin. >>> dana, with this new gallup pole, 51% of americans think president obama won the last debate. 37% side with mitt romney. what are both camps saying ahead of the final debate, and what do you expect to see on monday? what's the attitude, what's the approach? >> well, alex, by all accounts this last debate is probably the least important because they've had two chances to make this impression and because it's about form policy which isn't what this campaign is primarily about. but that said, this is a very close election. so if one or the other has a very big moment or very bad moment, that could really change things. you don't need to change a whole lot
he's studying up on foreign policy issues. it is speculated that president obama holds an advantage. but foreign policy has attracted renewed attention in the aftermath of the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >>> joining me now for more front page politics, political columnist for the "washington post" dana millbank and white house editor for politico rachel smolkin. >>> dana, with this new gallup pole, 51% of americans think president obama won the last...
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we're talking foreign policy. this is an area where the president, with regard to the election, felt pretty comfortable. and felt like he wouldn't have -- there wouldn't necessarily be an opening for the romney camp. does this give the romney camp a legitimate opening? >> no. i don't think so. because i've been ambassador in a region where it's been very volatile. these are bureaucratic decisions. and ambassador stevens made the decision to go to benghazi. what problem may emerge here, he went to benghazi with inadequate security. we have to understand that our embassies are not protected and our ambassadors are not protected by the marines or by u.s. personnel all the time. they're protected by the local government officials that provide that security. and chris was known as someone who didn't like the envelope of security around him. i think the real issue here is not so much whether or not the president or the administration was at fault, but whether or not the senior management level at the state department di
we're talking foreign policy. this is an area where the president, with regard to the election, felt pretty comfortable. and felt like he wouldn't have -- there wouldn't necessarily be an opening for the romney camp. does this give the romney camp a legitimate opening? >> no. i don't think so. because i've been ambassador in a region where it's been very volatile. these are bureaucratic decisions. and ambassador stevens made the decision to go to benghazi. what problem may emerge here, he...
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the president gets high approval ratings on foreign policy. one reason why it's been difficult for mitt romney to make the case that the president is -- is not doing a great job on foreign policy. you did hear some foreign policy this week, but paul ryan talking about china and mitt romney talking about iran. they don't want to touch afghanistan. mitt romney has not been very specific about afghanistan. i think they would be perfectly fine with the timeline that's in place, and let the president have to deal with the two hot wars. >> one of the big stories that i thought at least from the past week, that i saw you report on, the amount of money that has been spent so far in this campaign, absolutely eye popping. what is it? >> we've crossed the half billion dollar mark in campaign advertising spending. more than $512 million has been spent in this campaign. half of that money from outside groups. nearly the entire -- nearly the amount of the entire 2008 campaign ad spending. it's really an unbelievable number when you consider how much that --
the president gets high approval ratings on foreign policy. one reason why it's been difficult for mitt romney to make the case that the president is -- is not doing a great job on foreign policy. you did hear some foreign policy this week, but paul ryan talking about china and mitt romney talking about iran. they don't want to touch afghanistan. mitt romney has not been very specific about afghanistan. i think they would be perfectly fine with the timeline that's in place, and let the...
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trying to eat away into the president's advantage on foreign policy. and the advantage he enjoys among auto workers in ohio, alex. >> okay. well, thank you for that perspective. mike viqueira. >>> so could the last debate change or influence your vote? get on twitter and let me know what you think. miable is @alexwitt. i will be reading some of your tweets throughout the day. >>> big money headlines are next. why a decrease in home sales is actually a good thing. the silver lining, next. but first, trying to be like tim tebow? well that might just cost you now. the new york jets backup quarterback has officially trade marked tebowing. as you know, that is the move where he goes down on one knee, he holds a clenched fist against his forehead while praying during games. after tebow led the denver broncos to a series of fourth quarter comeback victories last season, tebowing swept the nation. websites showing people doing the move any time and anywhere, well tebow says it's something he does as a prayer for himself and he wants to make sure it is used in
trying to eat away into the president's advantage on foreign policy. and the advantage he enjoys among auto workers in ohio, alex. >> okay. well, thank you for that perspective. mike viqueira. >>> so could the last debate change or influence your vote? get on twitter and let me know what you think. miable is @alexwitt. i will be reading some of your tweets throughout the day. >>> big money headlines are next. why a decrease in home sales is actually a good thing. the...
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they're talking foreign policy. but should they be talking about the economy? live reports ahead. >>> early voting. many ballots already cast. where do we stand? we will talk with an expert in the field. >>> new unemployment numbers, they fell in 41 states and swing states either dropped or held steady. so what are the political implications? >> office politics is our morning joe team. their take on who has the advantage in the all-important female vote. >>> and a good morning to all of you, welcome to "weekends with alex witt," we're going to get to what's happening right now out there as we have 17 days until the election. and first we go to front page politics. this weekend both president obama and mitt romney are preparing for monday's third and final debate, with some contentious campaigning on friday. the president unleashed a new line of attacks during a rally in virginia saying governor romney has shifted his position on several key issues. >> he's changing up so much, and backtracking, and sidestepping. we've got a -- we've got a -- we've got to name t
they're talking foreign policy. but should they be talking about the economy? live reports ahead. >>> early voting. many ballots already cast. where do we stand? we will talk with an expert in the field. >>> new unemployment numbers, they fell in 41 states and swing states either dropped or held steady. so what are the political implications? >> office politics is our morning joe team. their take on who has the advantage in the all-important female vote. >>> and...
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so far they feel very confident in their foreign policy and they're saying national security is one of their biggest strengths. >> okay. felicia, here's john kerry. he signed a letter with other senate intelligence committee members for more info on the libya matter. take a listen to this. >> the republicans are working overtime to try to exploit a very normal, run of the course, administrative letter that we agreed to on a bipartisan basis in our committee, simply to get some additional questions put in front of the state department. >> he goes on to say it's all political now. i mean, is this going to become a campaign issue? >> absolutely. you're already seeing it become a big issue on the campaign. particularly on the republican side. of course. the problem, though, is that the house and the senate both adjourned for the rest of this year, up until after the election, earlier this month, and so if this is going to be an issue that republicans wield against the obama ticket it's going to be one that they're going to have to do on the campaign trail. now, that spelled a problem for m
so far they feel very confident in their foreign policy and they're saying national security is one of their biggest strengths. >> okay. felicia, here's john kerry. he signed a letter with other senate intelligence committee members for more info on the libya matter. take a listen to this. >> the republicans are working overtime to try to exploit a very normal, run of the course, administrative letter that we agreed to on a bipartisan basis in our committee, simply to get some...
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policy questions and the narrater says, look, the obama-biden ticket is not taking foreign policy issues seriously. so they're going to try to move that narrative a bit. but again, molly's right that this all resets tuesday in the leadup to the presidential debate and much of the vice-presidential stuff will then wash away. >> do you think that the vice president was laughing with a tone of mockery or an incredulous expressing the fact he could not believe what he was hearing? was that lost on the average person? >> i don't think we know yet. i haven't seen much polling. the polling that's come out from people that watched it sort of showed a wash. some had biden in these instant polls showing biden won, others had ryan. both sides did what they wanted to do. i mean, this was very much to the base. biden i think if you talk to liberals they liked that he was energetic and in your face and sort of mocking paul ryan. of course republicans had the opposite reaction. the key is what did that 5, 6% who's left out there, and i don't think we know that yet. >> i'm sure we'll find out. how about
policy questions and the narrater says, look, the obama-biden ticket is not taking foreign policy issues seriously. so they're going to try to move that narrative a bit. but again, molly's right that this all resets tuesday in the leadup to the presidential debate and much of the vice-presidential stuff will then wash away. >> do you think that the vice president was laughing with a tone of mockery or an incredulous expressing the fact he could not believe what he was hearing? was that...
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also contributing editor for foreign policy as well. thomas, thank you so much for coming in. you write today that a source told you that president obama tried to talk general petraeus out of resigning. we just heard the same thing from john harwood as well. tell me what you're hearing. >> well, first of all, there aren't going to be any criminal charges in this. this is really a tempest in a teapot. the sad thing is general petraeus is probably the most famous general we've had since world war ii. here is a guy who did a terrific job in both iraq and then had a harder time, but still served well in afghanistan. the idea that somebody would be out in the desert for six and a half years and slips somehow with a personal indiscretion, what we approved here is the david petraeus is a human being. i think it also says a lot more about us as a country than it does about david petraeus. in world war ii, if we held dwight eisenhower to this standard, he would have been fired. matthew ridgway, another great general, in the korean war, he got a new wife for every war. he had affairs al
also contributing editor for foreign policy as well. thomas, thank you so much for coming in. you write today that a source told you that president obama tried to talk general petraeus out of resigning. we just heard the same thing from john harwood as well. tell me what you're hearing. >> well, first of all, there aren't going to be any criminal charges in this. this is really a tempest in a teapot. the sad thing is general petraeus is probably the most famous general we've had since...
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joe lieberman is conservative, a hawk, respected by some senators on foreign policy issues. there may be three republican senators who don't like her, another 97 who have votes, the house members who have been campaigning against her don't have votes. something chip said, it would be weird or odd for this process to be playing out if she is not going to be nominated as secretary of state. chip, it shows i think a real political premise on your part, and i think unfortunately shared by so much of your party here, she's a cabinet-level foreign policy person. so if you're serious about any of these issues, it shouldn't matter whether she's nominated or not. you should care about the substance of it. secondly, you and your party come to this debate with big deficit because you and president bush and dick cheney lied this country into war and you had a lot of lies on foreign policy about wmds. president bush even said once in may 2003 that we found the wmds in iraq. dick cheney and condoleezza rice talked about links to al qaeda in iraq. you've never made up for those huge, serio
joe lieberman is conservative, a hawk, respected by some senators on foreign policy issues. there may be three republican senators who don't like her, another 97 who have votes, the house members who have been campaigning against her don't have votes. something chip said, it would be weird or odd for this process to be playing out if she is not going to be nominated as secretary of state. chip, it shows i think a real political premise on your part, and i think unfortunately shared by so much...
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policy and how to keep ameri safe. he'sakenerroristff t battlefield, including osama bin laden. he's ended the war in iraq and strengthened our relationships around the world. mitt romney would go back to the cowboy diplomacy that got us into many of the problems t president facewheneam into offense. >> i want to play you poart of mr. romney's speech. take a listen. >> egypt now with the muslim brotherhood president, pakista hily tmu tu with us. >> pakistan, highly tumultuous. >> sounds like he didn't get far into his briefing on pakistan. imean, of course, pakistan, afghanistan, that area of the e idhaus o know, is an area tt he's taken a number of terrorists off the battlefield. >> tumultuous? it's going to be tumultuous tonight at the ravens game against the cleveland browns. that's tultuous. pakistan is ltus? >> mitt romney just about every time he appears in public he shows how ill prepared he is to be president or commander in ief. we saw last week and continue to see how he has no concept of standing foup are th
policy and how to keep ameri safe. he'sakenerroristff t battlefield, including osama bin laden. he's ended the war in iraq and strengthened our relationships around the world. mitt romney would go back to the cowboy diplomacy that got us into many of the problems t president facewheneam into offense. >> i want to play you poart of mr. romney's speech. take a listen. >> egypt now with the muslim brotherhood president, pakista hily tmu tu with us. >> pakistan, highly tumultuous....
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they do trust president obama on foreign policy. clearly the expectation that his foreign policy towards the arab world would pay off with better relations has not really worked out. i'm not sure that people blame obama for that or any of his policies for that. the criticism he's getting from republicans is very far fetched that he goes around the world apologizing. there's little evidence of that. >> nia-malika, his foreign policy was something the obama administration had been pushing. he got osama bin laden. he brought the troops back. he laid out a timetable for afghanistan. 39% of people surveyed in the latest poll say they have a lot of confidence in president obama's ability to handle an international crisis. what's the risk, though, of continued mideast unrest eroding that strength? >> i think republicans are hoping they can draw parallels between president carter when he stood for re-election in 1980 and this president, essentially saying this is a president who is weak abroad. the problem is that mitt romney hasn't made a
they do trust president obama on foreign policy. clearly the expectation that his foreign policy towards the arab world would pay off with better relations has not really worked out. i'm not sure that people blame obama for that or any of his policies for that. the criticism he's getting from republicans is very far fetched that he goes around the world apologizing. there's little evidence of that. >> nia-malika, his foreign policy was something the obama administration had been pushing....
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kerry and mccain had a role in the senate and at least foreign policy expertise. this says please don't talk to us again. mark murray, thanks for being here. up next live to gaza. plus, what really happens if we go over the fiscal cliff. we have two of the smartest guys in washington to game out the cliff what ifs. but first a lackook ahead at th president's schedule. big meeting at 10:15 a.m. how i wish i could be a fly on the wall there. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. so i never missed a beat. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. until i had the shingles. i have never encountered such a burning sensation... it was like a red rash. like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i had no idea it came from chickenpox. it's something you never want to encounter. for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon..
kerry and mccain had a role in the senate and at least foreign policy expertise. this says please don't talk to us again. mark murray, thanks for being here. up next live to gaza. plus, what really happens if we go over the fiscal cliff. we have two of the smartest guys in washington to game out the cliff what ifs. but first a lackook ahead at th president's schedule. big meeting at 10:15 a.m. how i wish i could be a fly on the wall there. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the...
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we expect governor romney to hit president obama hard on foreign policy. mitt romney is off on a three-stop trip, the olympics in london, then israel and poland. what he wants to say today is that to veterans, is that the president has let the nation down overseas. while they have had some military successes overseas he says the president -- will say the president has let some of our allies down, particularly israel. so mitt romney is going to israel to be seen there, a big photo opportunity for him. he wants to be able to say that he will reset america's foreign policy as u.s. president. so we'll expect to hear him hit president obama hard with this group. he also wants to talk about veteran benefits. some defense cuts are coming. he wants to hit president obama hard on those automatic defense cuts that may affect some of the veterans. so we expect to see mitt romney trying to win and curry favor with veterans, thank them for their service to the country but also say he'll be a better friend to them than president obama has been. >> ron mott in reno, neva
we expect governor romney to hit president obama hard on foreign policy. mitt romney is off on a three-stop trip, the olympics in london, then israel and poland. what he wants to say today is that to veterans, is that the president has let the nation down overseas. while they have had some military successes overseas he says the president -- will say the president has let some of our allies down, particularly israel. so mitt romney is going to israel to be seen there, a big photo opportunity...
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this is not a sideline in our foreign policy. the board will convene for the first time today at the white house. i'm pleased that one of its first acts will be to meet with some of your organizations. citizens and activists who are partners in this war. who have been carrying this torch. going forward will strengthen our tools across the board and create new ones. the intelligence community will prepare the first ever national intelligence estimate on the risk of mass atrocities and genocide. we're going to institutionalize the focus on this issue across government alert channel s will ensure that information about unfolding crises and descending opinions quickly reach decision makers including me. our treasury department will work to more quickly deploy its financial tools to block the flow of money to abusive regimes. our military will take additional steps to incorporate the prevention of atrocities into its doctrine and its planning. and the state department will increase the ability to surge diplomats and experts in a crisi
this is not a sideline in our foreign policy. the board will convene for the first time today at the white house. i'm pleased that one of its first acts will be to meet with some of your organizations. citizens and activists who are partners in this war. who have been carrying this torch. going forward will strengthen our tools across the board and create new ones. the intelligence community will prepare the first ever national intelligence estimate on the risk of mass atrocities and genocide....
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. >> reporter: with romney trailing in polls on the question of foreign policy, running mate paul ryan continues to hammer the president. >> amid all these threats and dangers what we do not see is steady, consistent american leadership. >> reporter: today a close ally added more foreign policy pressure. in an interview to air on "meet the press" benjamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister insists mr. obama get tougher with iran over their nuclear program. >> iran is guided by a leadership with an unbelievable fanaticism. it is the same fanaticism you see stormg the ing the embassie today. do you want them to have nuclear weapons? >> reporter: with less than two months to the election, the middle east once again a political flashpoint. mike viqueira, nbc news, the white house. >>> there's much more of the interview with benjamin netanyahu on tomorrow morning on "meet the press." >>> still ahead, the intense battle over who gets to vote on election day and how. a decision now hangs in the balance. >>> later, making a difference with good old fashioned puppy love. >>> we are back now w
. >> reporter: with romney trailing in polls on the question of foreign policy, running mate paul ryan continues to hammer the president. >> amid all these threats and dangers what we do not see is steady, consistent american leadership. >> reporter: today a close ally added more foreign policy pressure. in an interview to air on "meet the press" benjamin netanyahu the israeli prime minister insists mr. obama get tougher with iran over their nuclear program. >>...
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here and say mitt romney has any more experience on foreign policy or military than barack obama. because he doesn't. but it's simply a matter of who you want to put your trust in and the simple fact remains, i know a number of members of the military, they just do not respect this president. he's not someone that is strengthening the country when he's abroad. frankly, the leaders -- >> i'm sorry, what are you talking about? doesn't strengthen the country when he's abroad? >> he's weakening the country? >> how. >> martin, i'll tell you right here. the leaders in other countries want obama do win because they know a weaker united states or more uncertain united states makes them stronger or doesn't make, doesn't put them in a position where aren't able to negotiate. they are going to fwoeshuate and get more out of it. >> trey, i'm sorry, trey. i was in london recently and the prime minister of the united kingdom, david cameron, had nothing but complimentary words for the president of the united states, specifically in relation to his foreign policy leadership. indeed, he said that
here and say mitt romney has any more experience on foreign policy or military than barack obama. because he doesn't. but it's simply a matter of who you want to put your trust in and the simple fact remains, i know a number of members of the military, they just do not respect this president. he's not someone that is strengthening the country when he's abroad. frankly, the leaders -- >> i'm sorry, what are you talking about? doesn't strengthen the country when he's abroad? >> he's...
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you know, i come from the foreign policy community. i've been in sessions where the president's schedule is being decided, and guys like me would make the case that this is a unique opportunity to get a lot of business done, whether it's morsi, whether it's shoring up the coalition on iran, israel, whoever. and we would make that argument. and then there would be some political folks, and they'd make their argument. so, you know, as a foreign policy professional, i certainly would prefer to see the president having more meetings rather than less no matter who the president is because i think that america's president has a strong influence on the world's events. and the more he's getting that message across both publicly and privately, the better off we are. but they obviously made a different judgment. >> is this from the judgment of do no harm this week, almost of not putting himself in a situation of meeting with these world leaders in a one-on-one basically to limit offending someone like a bibi netanyahu if he wasn't going to take
you know, i come from the foreign policy community. i've been in sessions where the president's schedule is being decided, and guys like me would make the case that this is a unique opportunity to get a lot of business done, whether it's morsi, whether it's shoring up the coalition on iran, israel, whoever. and we would make that argument. and then there would be some political folks, and they'd make their argument. so, you know, as a foreign policy professional, i certainly would prefer to see...
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romney's foreign policy is a moving target. that is a general saying from a military perspective almost exactly what the president said, that this man is all over the map and as steady as a drunk on new year's eve. >> the military men and women, as you know, do like a certain precision, and you get none from governor romney. but general powell is absolutely right. when you look at what romney was saying about iran, for example, before the debate versus what he said during the debate. during the debate he wants peace. he sounded buddhist almost in his desire for peace around the world. yet his rhetoric leading up to that, in fact, his rhetoric for years has been so bellicose. giving the green light to the israelis for a strike whenever they like against iran, just one example of this more belligerent attitu attitude. >> by the way, just to pick up on that, one thing he unveiled in the debate was this idea of prosecuting ahmadinejad, the iranian leader. >> for genocide. >> this from a party that doesn't believe in the internation
romney's foreign policy is a moving target. that is a general saying from a military perspective almost exactly what the president said, that this man is all over the map and as steady as a drunk on new year's eve. >> the military men and women, as you know, do like a certain precision, and you get none from governor romney. but general powell is absolutely right. when you look at what romney was saying about iran, for example, before the debate versus what he said during the debate....
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policy. -- gay rights, contraception, foreign policy. rick perry says he wants to send soldiers back into iraq now. we saw some differences and not much focus on jobs and the economy. that is where mitt romney wants to stake his claim saying he as been able to produce jobs in his previous life. rick santorum says he is a manager but not a leader. it was in the areas of social policy we saw the sharpest differences. >> the back and forth between george and mitt romney over contraception. what is going on in that room at your end? >> we have the camera crew. they can move over and show you what is going on. this is called the spin room. it is the politics after debate. they have their surrogates talk about what a great job backhanded it did. in this room, and you can see several minutes after the debate, there are a lot of people out here talking about their candidates, people like john talking about mitt romney why he felt mitt romney won the debate. we had the former governor of pennsylvania talking about an jon huntsman. all of them com
policy. -- gay rights, contraception, foreign policy. rick perry says he wants to send soldiers back into iraq now. we saw some differences and not much focus on jobs and the economy. that is where mitt romney wants to stake his claim saying he as been able to produce jobs in his previous life. rick santorum says he is a manager but not a leader. it was in the areas of social policy we saw the sharpest differences. >> the back and forth between george and mitt romney over contraception....
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. >>> turning to foreign policy, foreign policy is taking center stage today as mitt romney prepares to attack president obama's record. we'll have a preview and do our own reality check. >>> and join us tomorrow. we'll have a special olympic sized edition of "andrea mitchell reports" from 1:00 to 2:30. 90 minutes eastern time, of course. immediately followed by women's olympic soccer quarterfinals. that's tomorrow only right here on msnbc. occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antid
. >>> turning to foreign policy, foreign policy is taking center stage today as mitt romney prepares to attack president obama's record. we'll have a preview and do our own reality check. >>> and join us tomorrow. we'll have a special olympic sized edition of "andrea mitchell reports" from 1:00 to 2:30. 90 minutes eastern time, of course. immediately followed by women's olympic soccer quarterfinals. that's tomorrow only right here on msnbc. occasional constipation,...
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topping our political headlines, mitt romney going after president obama on foreign policy today. in his weekly podcast, romney said the president is fumbling his response to events in the middle east. >> this week, when president obama was asked about the recent disruption and chaos and violence in the middle east, he said that these were merely bumps in the road. that casual assessment of shocking events reveals that the president really doesn't understand the gravity of the challenges that we face in the broader middle east. >> meanwhile, the obama campaign is out with a new ad, it takes aim at romney's experience at bain capital, spotlighting workers who said they lost their jobs because governor romney was more concerned about short-term profits than creating jobs. >> people need to know what mitt romney did to miriam, indiana, in 1994. >> you don't just come in and take everything everybody's got and destroy a business. i mean, that's what they did. >> when you take away all the good-paying jobs such as we had here at gst steel in kansas city, the middle class is going to be
topping our political headlines, mitt romney going after president obama on foreign policy today. in his weekly podcast, romney said the president is fumbling his response to events in the middle east. >> this week, when president obama was asked about the recent disruption and chaos and violence in the middle east, he said that these were merely bumps in the road. that casual assessment of shocking events reveals that the president really doesn't understand the gravity of the challenges...
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they can use that to talk about their own foreign policy or use it to critique the other guy's foreign policy, and it is a good setting for both of them. in particular, i think that the president with the evolving story on libya has some real foreign policy problems and he may want to address and defend his own middle eastern policies and may want to use that time. >> ann, if you were addressing governor romney, what would you tell him to use that time for? >> he needs to use that time to tell the american public where he stands on the issues. so far he has been vague. and on afghanistan we know he agrees with the president's time line for withdrawal of 2014 and he says he would not have addressed it publicly, but beyond that we don't know too much of the foreign policy. they are realizing more and more that whether it is foreign policy or the economy, voters want to know more. >> one of the claims of mitt romney when he talked about explaining why he would not give more information with regard to the taxes that if you give folks more, that gives them more to tear apart, but a sprinkle
they can use that to talk about their own foreign policy or use it to critique the other guy's foreign policy, and it is a good setting for both of them. in particular, i think that the president with the evolving story on libya has some real foreign policy problems and he may want to address and defend his own middle eastern policies and may want to use that time. >> ann, if you were addressing governor romney, what would you tell him to use that time for? >> he needs to use that...
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. >> i think our actions in foreign policy, and maybe i'm naive, represent our values and represent who we are. and if any american were to go to that country and stand and see what was happening there, they would insist that we do what we could. >>> more than ten years after she was kidnapped as a teenager, elizabeth smart is finally ready to tell her own story in a new book. and the author is chris stewart who was just elected to congress from utah. he tells "the salt lake tribune" he hopes to have the first draft written before he takes office in january. >>> and finally, guess who else got their holiday shopping off and running this weekend, president obama who took his daughters to a virginia bookstore as part of small business saturday. >>> and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." and now here's a look at your monday morning markets. the dow opens the week at 13,009 after climbing 172 points friday. the s&p gained 18. the nasdaq rose 40. now to overseas markets. the nikkei was up 22 points. but the hang seng lost 52. >>> so stocks are bound to be fiscal cliff dwellers
. >> i think our actions in foreign policy, and maybe i'm naive, represent our values and represent who we are. and if any american were to go to that country and stand and see what was happening there, they would insist that we do what we could. >>> more than ten years after she was kidnapped as a teenager, elizabeth smart is finally ready to tell her own story in a new book. and the author is chris stewart who was just elected to congress from utah. he tells "the salt lake...
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and a lot of people say, you know, foreign policy, why this? it's unusual. it's unusual that foreign policy suddenly becomes center stage. absolutely. not without precedent. absolutely not. traditionally the nation has a very bipartisan attitude toward foreign policy. we just don't know a lot about it. we know that. we trust our leaders to go ahead in washington and do what they think is best. that's pretty much how we respond. lots of examples. iraq and afghanistan particularly in the early going crumbling of the soviet union is another example, cuban missiles, things like that. most recently of course iran's potential for developing nuclear weapons. fine and dandy. when this happens, and the nation gravitates around our leaders, the one they gravitate around most is the president. that's the one. you can see bush after the terrorist attacks, 91% public approval and he was leader. >> go way back to iran hostage crisis and how that played out between reagan and carter. how did this play out in this election? often the challenger takes a back seat and says as
and a lot of people say, you know, foreign policy, why this? it's unusual. it's unusual that foreign policy suddenly becomes center stage. absolutely. not without precedent. absolutely not. traditionally the nation has a very bipartisan attitude toward foreign policy. we just don't know a lot about it. we know that. we trust our leaders to go ahead in washington and do what they think is best. that's pretty much how we respond. lots of examples. iraq and afghanistan particularly in the early...
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pleasure. >>> back to politics and foreign policy. china is an easy target for mitt romney as he tries to woo voters who are frustrated over the unemployment rate and slow recovery here at home. here is romney in ohio last month. >> well, on day one i will label china a currency manipulator and that will allow me to apply tariffs where they steal our intellectual property and kill jobs. >> james is a national correspondent for "the atlantic" magazine and author of "china airborne" and has lived there for many years off and on. and vijay is a correspondent for "the economist" and author of "need, speed and greed." both have spent a lot of time in china. thanks so much. what is your take, because you come at this not from a political perspective, of what mitt romney says about what he would do about china and about what we really nd to do about china. i think you think there's a disconnect. >> two things are almost certainly true. one is if governor romney becomes president romney, he will not do what he's saying on the campaign trail,
pleasure. >>> back to politics and foreign policy. china is an easy target for mitt romney as he tries to woo voters who are frustrated over the unemployment rate and slow recovery here at home. here is romney in ohio last month. >> well, on day one i will label china a currency manipulator and that will allow me to apply tariffs where they steal our intellectual property and kill jobs. >> james is a national correspondent for "the atlantic" magazine and author of...
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my concern is related to foreign policy. there has been a lot of discussion regarding your policy on air safety abroad, pulling troops back where they be felt -- where we feel they should not be deployed. we face some serious threats in the middle east, particularly iran. how would you handle iran? nuclear iran [inaudible] >> all nuclear bomb scare me. we have had way too many of them. [applause] some of my opinions come from the experience i had when i was in the air force during the 1960's. i went in with the greatest confrontation with the soviets occurred in the october of 1962. that is when i received my draft notice. that was over with by the time i was sworn in. i was in during the vietnam era. they had 30,000 -- they has been in cuba. we were about to have a nuclear exchange. compare that to the problem we see with iran. maybe someday getting a nuclear weapon. the danger is way overblown about them having one in the near future. i think they would like to, that would be a concern. i do not want them to get one. the u
my concern is related to foreign policy. there has been a lot of discussion regarding your policy on air safety abroad, pulling troops back where they be felt -- where we feel they should not be deployed. we face some serious threats in the middle east, particularly iran. how would you handle iran? nuclear iran [inaudible] >> all nuclear bomb scare me. we have had way too many of them. [applause] some of my opinions come from the experience i had when i was in the air force during the...
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nor north arch african foreign policy is disastrous. the two principle responsibilities the president has, foreign policy and national security on one hand and on the other hand, jobs and economic viability. the president is an abject fairly. the president wants to talk about binders and big bird. look, you've got a man of stature like mitt romney running against a small incumbent. i think the voters will decide november on that. >> you're a senior advisory for the campaign and you say the white house lied about libya. does that speak for mr. romney? >> i've been an observer, i've been in the white house. i see how the white house operates. this white house -- when the president went to the u.n. and said video six times. it was clear to everybody it had nothing to do with the video. it is either blatant dishonesty or incompetence. >> focusing on the campaign, learned the negative ads against mitt romney were pulled bit obama campaign. i couldn't do you think this happened? >> it turned out to be a dumb move. this he spent $250 million a
nor north arch african foreign policy is disastrous. the two principle responsibilities the president has, foreign policy and national security on one hand and on the other hand, jobs and economic viability. the president is an abject fairly. the president wants to talk about binders and big bird. look, you've got a man of stature like mitt romney running against a small incumbent. i think the voters will decide november on that. >> you're a senior advisory for the campaign and you say...
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effective foreign policy, but that may not be enough, as everybody knows. not saying anything novel, it's about the economy. what's unemployment going to look like in october of 2012? if it drops down into the 7.9, people will see improvement, unemployment goes up to 8.5, hard to get re-elected. economy in about seven states. >> douglas brinkley. great to see you today. thank you. >> thank you. >>> that's going to wrap things up for me. now alex wagner is coming your wear the next hour. alex, i'm sure got a lot coming up especially whey the president just told us in the last hour. >> a big news friday, thomas. president obama dond his professor's robe to school the public on the euro crisis and its effect here at home. we'll discuss the lesson plan. >>> and national security leaks. the white house pushes boong assertions it released sensitive information tarnishing its image. and the latest on afghanistan and soldier suicide, which starts in a mere 180 seconds. "now." with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] the
effective foreign policy, but that may not be enough, as everybody knows. not saying anything novel, it's about the economy. what's unemployment going to look like in october of 2012? if it drops down into the 7.9, people will see improvement, unemployment goes up to 8.5, hard to get re-elected. economy in about seven states. >> douglas brinkley. great to see you today. thank you. >> thank you. >>> that's going to wrap things up for me. now alex wagner is coming your wear...
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they know the president has a strong record on foreign policy. they politicalized this issue. they know these assessments change over time just like after 9/11, like they did in iraq. >> headline in the "new york post," reads smirky biden upstages his boss. it looks like the vice president got the base off the cliff, as you were saying just a second ago. what is your thought here? does the president plan to be as aggressive, maybe take a play out of the vice president's plan here when he has his debate next tuesday? >> i think everyone knows the vice president and president obama are two extremely different people. the president will hold mitt romney accountable in the next debate. i have no doubt about that. joe biden set the table for that. paul ryan was exposed last night for not having any new ideas and for not being truthful about their plans. >> brad woodhouse, thank you so much. i appreciate your time today, dnc xhuks director. >>> let's bring in our friday political power. julian reed, alice stewart. we want to mention any minute we are expecting to hear from former pr
they know the president has a strong record on foreign policy. they politicalized this issue. they know these assessments change over time just like after 9/11, like they did in iraq. >> headline in the "new york post," reads smirky biden upstages his boss. it looks like the vice president got the base off the cliff, as you were saying just a second ago. what is your thought here? does the president plan to be as aggressive, maybe take a play out of the vice president's plan...
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he can't talk about foreign policy, he doesn't have anything. the only thing he can argue is that obama has not been a good steward of the economy, but as we know, obama has a very good answer to that. and that's on offense. then you think about what he has to do on defense. he's going to be on the defense on the 47%. he's going to be on defense on his tax question. i mean, this is a guy who doesn't have very much to work with at this point. so it's hard for me to see, even if he doesn't make a major gaffe, which he does on a weekly basis, even if he doesn't, what ammunition does he have to actually have a good showing? >> i'm told there are examples of elections turning on debates, president bush for example started gaining on al gore when they faced off in 2000. is it usually the case that debates are quite the kind of game-changer that everybody thinks this one has to be for romney to do anything successfully in november? >> no, it's not. the historical data shows that i think we sort of exaggerate the role of debates. i would tip my hat to t
he can't talk about foreign policy, he doesn't have anything. the only thing he can argue is that obama has not been a good steward of the economy, but as we know, obama has a very good answer to that. and that's on offense. then you think about what he has to do on defense. he's going to be on the defense on the 47%. he's going to be on defense on his tax question. i mean, this is a guy who doesn't have very much to work with at this point. so it's hard for me to see, even if he doesn't make a...
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look at it in terms of the breadth of experience in foreign policy over many years. that's not to say she's unqualified. she's tremendous qualified herself, just on paper he is more qualified. there was always a chance going back more than a month that the president would move in that direction toward kerry so as to avoid a distracting senate fight, a fight that he probably could have won, probably could have gotten the 51 votes, but it might have been a bit of a parrot victory if he got her confirmed at what political cost -- >> it sounds like a victory -- if you get her confirmed, that's a victory. that's the goal -- i don't understand -- >> it's only a victory -- >> look -- >> it's only a victory if there's not a lot of other damage. >> here is the point, too. the guys who are in control of handing out the credentials, what experiences you get, then indict you for not having them when they have blocked you from achieving them. that's very interesting to me and that's not something to be easily dismissed because that's been the whole history of accepting people who
look at it in terms of the breadth of experience in foreign policy over many years. that's not to say she's unqualified. she's tremendous qualified herself, just on paper he is more qualified. there was always a chance going back more than a month that the president would move in that direction toward kerry so as to avoid a distracting senate fight, a fight that he probably could have won, probably could have gotten the 51 votes, but it might have been a bit of a parrot victory if he got her...
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this issue of foreign policy, his approach to it and what he was tolg say to these people is striking and probably needs to get a lot more attention. this is one who wants to have tens of thousands of troops back in iraq. i mean, the american people need to know, mitt romney wants to go back to war in iraq and he wants not to pursue the peace process. he even said in this video that if there was a traumatic situation involving the u.s. and foreign policy, he would try to take advantage of it politically. >> yes, indeed. >> we saw he tried to do that with libya -- >> it didn't go so well. >> did not go well at all. >> brad woodhouse, thank you. i'm sorry we have to cut it short. right? get. out. exactly! really?! [ mom ] what? shut the front door. right? woop-woop! franklin delano! [ male announcer ] there's oreo creme under that fudge! oreo fudge cremes. now in two new flavors. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when
this issue of foreign policy, his approach to it and what he was tolg say to these people is striking and probably needs to get a lot more attention. this is one who wants to have tens of thousands of troops back in iraq. i mean, the american people need to know, mitt romney wants to go back to war in iraq and he wants not to pursue the peace process. he even said in this video that if there was a traumatic situation involving the u.s. and foreign policy, he would try to take advantage of it...